How to Reset or Change Microsoft Office 2007 Product License Key or Volume License Key (VLK)
You may need to alter or change Microsoft Office 2007 (aka 2007 Microsoft Office System programs and suites) product license key or volume license key (VLK) which also known as serial number or CD key. You can modify or change product key for 2007 Microsoft Office programs or suites by first uninstall or remove Microsoft Office and then reinstalling the business productivity suite. However, you can follow the following steps in order to reset and change the Microsoft Office 2007 product serial key without the need to uninstall or reinstall 2007 Office system suites.
Note: The following steps involve modification of registry key values, which may corrupt your Windows if done incorrectly. Backup registry first before performing the workaround.
- Close all Microsoft Office programs.
- Click on Start button, then click on Run.
- Type “regedit” (without quotes) in the Run text box, and click OK or press Enter.
- Locate and then click the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
Inside, you will find another subkey that resembles the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
- Optional: Backup this registry branch by exporting the Registration subkey to a file, just in case the new product key does not work and you have to restore back the old product key. To export the registry, right click on the Registration subkey and click on Export, and follow the on-screen prompt to enter a file name for the registry file and choose a location to store it.
- Under the Registration subkey, there may be several Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID) subkey that contain a combination of alphanumeric characters. Each GUID is specific to a program that is installed on your computer.
If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, then click and open each GUID subkey to view and identify the Office product version by the ProductName registry entry in the right pane. For example:
ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
- After you find the GUID subkey that contains your Office product or program which you want to remove the existing product license key or registration details, delete the following registry entries by right clicking on the registry entry in the GUID subkey, click Delete, and then click Yes:
• DigitalProductID
• ProductID - Exit Registry Editor.
- Run or open an Office application program, such as Microsoft Word or Excel or Outlook. Office 2007 will prompt you to enter a new 25-character product key.
- Type in the valid and genuine product key, and then click OK.
- Then when prompted to choose your preferred type of Microsoft Office 2007 installation, press on “Install Now”.
- Microsoft Office 2007 will be updated with new product CD key or volume license key, and ready for activation (if it’s a non-VLK serial) or use.
Note: If you’re having problem with your new Office 2007 product key, simply double click on the backup registry .reg file created at the optional step above to restore the registry settings of the Registration subkey so that the original value can be imported back to the registry.
You may need to reset to change Office 2007 product key with the above steps if you don’t want to uninstall or reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 again in many scenarios, such as you have just bought a retail version of Office 2007, or receive Office 2007 as a gift, or win MS Office 2007 as a prize, or just get your MSN product key for Office 2007, or having problem with activation process online or via phone, or unable to step-up or convert evaluation copy of Office 2007 to full-use version, or having problem with Office Genuine Advantage (OG) validation.
On the other hand, if you manage to find a valid and genuine volume license key or VLK, you can change the product key of Microsoft Office 2007 with the VLK serial in order to bypass the Office 2007 activation process (as Office 2007 still using WPA 1.0 where corporate users need not to activate), without the need of crack or hack for Office 2007, for full use for unlimited period as long as you’re not caught by OGA.
The 2007 Microsoft Office System product key changing instruction and step-by-step guide tutorial is applicable to Microsoft Office Basic 2007 all editions and all individual programs or suites of Microsoft Office 2007 including Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Microsoft Office Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, Microsoft Office Standard 2007, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007.
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May 17th, 2008 06:23
I followed the exact instructions and it worked. Thank you so much.
May 17th, 2008 02:24
Hi Tomtom,
could you pls email me both mso files? Rapidshare keeps saying that my IP is different or download expired.
Thanks!
May 13th, 2008 07:22
Nevermind, 296 and 253 worked like a charm. Thanks Tomtom!!
May 13th, 2008 06:27
Tomtom, I had done the steps of activating my Microsoft Office 2007 on my new Vista laptop following the steps of editing the proof.xml and entering a serial. It was working perfectly for a couple days, but now I am not able to do type anything in any Office programs. I let my sister use my laptop and I’m thinking she might have ran some kind of update (my best guess).
When I go into the registry to see if I can delete the key by going to to the Registration key in the folder directed, there is no DigitalProductID or ProductID key do you have an idea of what is going on here? Thanks
May 8th, 2008 02:28
Thanks very much for the trick, it saved my time.
May 7th, 2008 12:59
Tomtom, you are an awesome person. Thank you so much for your helpful instructions. My office student and home edition is working wonderfully, thanks to you! You rock!!!
May 4th, 2008 07:34
Well I’ve tried everything but still can’t get my MO to pass the validation test. I think it’s because my MO is professional, but either way I give up. I’m just going to buy the software from my University’s website while it’s on sell. $199 doesn’t seem so bad; it’s actually a lot better than 300-400 dollars. Thanks Tomtom for everything. I really appreciate it. Everyone else good luck! Hopefully your luck will be alot better than mine’s.
May 4th, 2008 05:22
This didn’t work.
May 3rd, 2008 04:02
Can anyone send me a not overused key for office 2007 home and student?
My emails pcrepair1@hotmail.co.uk
May 2nd, 2008 07:03
im tring to do this on my laptop which has vista and when i try to save the Proof file it wont let me overright the file. HELP !!!!!!!!!!! please
April 30th, 2008 14:16
I am looking for small business and cant find the code anywhear.
April 29th, 2008 12:03
ok I tried to install MS office 2007 and after I put the code in it said too many users now it is telling me to call or get a product number. What do I do to fix this? Pls help…you can send it to my email address keeniag@yahoo.com…
April 29th, 2008 11:46
Post 253 (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/01/12/how-to-reset-or-change-microsoft-office-2007-product-license-key-or-volume-license-key-vlk/comment-page-11/#comments) works magic.
April 29th, 2008 11:41
does any one have the product key for microsoft word home and student 2007
April 27th, 2008 21:11
Hi guys!!! I’ve just uploaded to rapidshare a single zip file containing the #253’s procedure (with correct non-trial product keys for every edition) and both rtm and sp1 patched mso.dll’s. You can download it from THIS LINK.
For nagy and loes. Use the linked file.
For Nicky. Microsoft checks some files (i don’t know what) and (i think) the windows registry by using the ogacheckcontrol.dll. A patched ogacheckcontrol.dll should give a positive response even office is not genuine. The activex is the application which copies the ogacheckcontrol.dll into the windows\system32 folder and installs the internet explorer plugin for checking whether office is genuine or not.
For brandilostjami. I’m sorry you haven’t resolved the problem yet. You cannot replace the mso.dll because of the old one is used by some windows process. Am i right? I only can suggest you to try these 3 ways:
- try the activation procedure again
or
- look for an application that let you to know which process uses mso.dll, so that you can stop it from task manager and then replace mso.dll
or
- format your pc and install windows, install office and try to activate (before installing others application).
April 27th, 2008 11:02
Tom, hi i just want to tell you how sad i really am!! i must confess that i am sadly brandi (post 278), lost (post 307), and jami (post 320)!!! i have followed all steps given and gave up early march. just going thru some of my mail and came to the site to see that you are still helping people. id just like to say thanks. from all of my names
. anyhoo, still stuck in the same place since your respond post (329). your a doll tom!!
April 25th, 2008 23:19
hi!
i would also like to have the product key to microsoft office home and student edition 2007! can anyone pleas help me? thnx!
loes
April 24th, 2008 22:40
Hey TOMTOM it’s me again. I’m still trying to validate my Microsoft Office Pro 2007, but first I have some questions for you. First, when Microsoft is checking to see if your software is genuine, which file to they check? Is it the MSO file,the OGAcheckcontrol or another one? Also before validation when they ask to download that activeX, does it affect your Software afterwards? I’m asking because, I’m trying to search for a specific file on piratebay. The only thing I can’t do is make my MO genuine.
April 24th, 2008 17:07
Hello Hernán! My english is strange, too. I’m italian. I tested #253’s procedure on my office 2007 ultimate italian language, but the method works for all languages (also spanish). That’s why mso.dll is the same file for all language version (it’s language independent).
April 24th, 2008 12:55
Hi, boys.
For Tom: This post is very interesting, and I consider it is saturated (filled with a very-very lot of words in a ’short’ space).
I think you must close this with a resume that could show all important things posted and repeated along— and open a ‘version 2′ of it with the same resume. Why? For not to have to read all four hundred answers looking just one of them.
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I agree with ‘jeez’ with respect that there are a lot of solutions for an only problem: execute ‘my’ ms-office. The problem with every solution is that it does not run with ‘every’ one of the versions of ms-office. Including yours: see that you must refere to a second post: main is 253 and sometimes 258 is refered (350), and always you must say a different serial (404,337+328).
Any way your labour is loable: “thanks, man”.
If somebody can say me something on a spanish version I would appreciate.
Chao.
Hernán.
pd: my native language is spanish; i beg your pardon for strange english.
April 24th, 2008 09:26
hey does anyone have a product key for the microsoft office student version 2007 if you do could you email it to me at u_and_me_88@hotmail.com
April 24th, 2008 03:55
Hi Bill. For office small business you can use this non-trial serial DGYC9-426Y3-DYGH2-3WC68-4Y6KQ.
April 23rd, 2008 01:14
hello, i know this may not apply to this office key but does any1 know a serial for
Flash pro 8
and dreamweaver?
if any1 knows one that will be great
April 22nd, 2008 16:37
Thanks Tomtom
April 22nd, 2008 11:30
Tommtom and others,
Do you have a serial non-trial for Office Small Business? Those of 253 post are trial.